This module will provide students with an introduction to the conflict between the use of natural resources, growing environmental degradation and increasing population. It assesses the difficulties in distinguishing human impacts from natural environmental changes and examines a number of specific environmental issues grouped within broad inter-disciplinary themes spanning key areas of research excellence in GEES including ‘Global Wicked Problems’, ‘Forests and mangroves’, ‘Plastics’, ‘Urban Environments’ and ‘Critical literacy’. It will also introduce students to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and how they are implemented in several different regions. Elements of the module will be field based with students visiting several sites in Dubai/Abu Dhabi to explore real life projects combating a variety of environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the Module, students should be able to:
Understand the key drivers responsible for global environmental issues.
Recognise the nature of short-term and long-term human impacts on the environment.
Engage with relevant literatures on sustainable enterprise.
Demonstrate use of academic frameworks and concepts around SDGs and how their implementation varying according to location.
Assessment
40185-01 : Group project : Presentation (50%)
40185-02 : MCQ Test : Class Test (25%)
40185-03 : Essay : Coursework (25%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment 1. Group project (design a sustainable enterprise and present it) (50%) 2. Eco-literacy test (25%) 3. 1000-word individual reflection on future self (25%)
Method of Reassessment Resubmission of failed component
